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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
SDF warn of ISIS financing operations in Rojava
2022-01-16
[Rudaw] The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) are wary of the international community seemingly turning a blind-eye on the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
’s (ISIS) smuggling networks in Ottoman Turkish-controlled areas in northern Syria (Rojava), the force said on Friday.

In a blurb, the SDF said it was vigilant about the presence of militias in the region enabling the increasing presence of ISIS smuggling networks operating in and around the town of Sari Kani (Ras al-Ain).

One such militia allegedly supporting the activities of ISIS is the "Abu al-Qa'qaa" faction. Militias such as the "Abu al-Qa'qaa" function as networks facilitating the smuggling of people into The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire...
and using the funds to finance ISIS activities, according to the SDF.

The Kurdish-led force also expressed concern with "international inaction" with regards to the criminal networks in the Ottoman Turkish-occupied areas, warning about the growing danger of the terrorist organization and claiming such activities will "impede efforts to combat terrorism".

The SDF is the US-led coalition's main ally in the fight against ISIS in Syria.

ISIS conducted over 300 terrorist operations in northern Syria in 2021, killing hundreds. The terrorist group's re-emergence is raising significant concern and threatening the area's security.

Last November, an alleged ISIS financier was arrested in Syria's eastern province of Deir ez-Zor.
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